Program for The Will Rogers Follies

The Will Rogers Follies

GCP’s production of The Will Rogers Follies is on stage at Roger Rocka’s through March 12. This show-stopping, eye-popping, heart warming salute to an American icon will take you back to a time when things were – not so very different from today! It’s all in good fun as America’s beloved humorist shares his folksy wit and wisdom in a sensational musical revue.

A part-Cherokee cowboy from Oklahoma who never finished high school, Will Rogers went on to become a newspaper columnist, social commentator and the biggest, most popular, most highly paid star of every existing medium of his time – stage, screen, radio and print. Famed for saying “I never met a man I didn’t like,” the feeling was mutual; the world adored Will Rogers. Rogers’ good-natured ribbing of politicians, gangsters, celebrities – and himself – was laced with kindness, compassion and honesty. Rated PG.

A few Will Rogers quotes:
“It isn’t what we know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.”
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and their politicians as a joke.”
“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

Our Box Office is open Tuesday through Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. It closes at 5:30 Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday and at 7:30 Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Here are the performance times:
On Friday and Saturday nights, dinner service begins at 5:30, with the Pre-Show at 7:30 and The Will Rogers Follies at 8 o’clock.
The Sunday matinee brunch buffet is served from 11 a.m., with the Pre-Show at 1 p.m. and The Will Rogers Follies at 1:30.
Buffet service starts at 5:30 on Thursday evenings and 5 on Sunday evenings. The Pre-Show starts at 7, and The Will Rogers Follies goes on at 7:30.